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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1930-01-02, Page 3�Ilylinuu1Imp iirgr p, grinullurrrnL 1 nn,r 19 pinna """,,. FAVORITE HMYNS AVO E ' Christians, awake! salute the happy niOr n Whereon the Saviour of the world was born' Rise to adore the mystery of love, Which hosts of angels: chanted from. above; With thein the joyful rtidiigs first ,begun Of God incarnate and the Virgin's, Son. Then to the watchful shepherds it was told, Who heard the angelic herald's voice, "Behold, I bring good tidings of a Saviour's birth To you and all the , nations upon earth; This day hath God fulfilled ..His .pxo- mised. word; This day is born a Saviour, Christ the Lord.," He snake; and straightway the celes- tial choir In • hymns , of joy, unknown before, Y 'conspire; The praises of redeeming love they• sang, And heaven's whole orb with •hallelu- jahs rang;. • God'highestg ywsglory as their anthem- s till nthemstill h n Peace upon earth, d unt'o o men good will. :To Bethlehem straight the enlighten- ed shepherds ran, To see the wonder God had wrought. for man, . • And found, with Joseph and the bless- ed;lVlaid, • Her . Son, • the Saviour, in a manger laid; .They to their flocks, still praising God, return ' And : their glad hearts within their bosoms burn. it mind Like Mary, let us ponder in our • n love 'r God's wo dr sus l v r r saving lost mankind; Trace we the Babe, Who lias retriev- ed our loss, , From I--Its� mango er to His bitter P cross; His assisted Tread. in I 3s steps a s by His grace, • Till plan's first heavenly state takes place, again Then may we hope, the angelic hosts, among, To sing,, redeemed, a glad triumphal songi. upon thisjoyful He that was barn t roJ Y l ful day Aiound us all I-lis6 'a'lory'shall display; Saved by His love incessant we shall. sing, Of Angels and of Angel -like the King. John ' Byrom, the author of this stirring Christmas'- Hymn, was born Y at Kersall Cell; Broughton, inear Man- chester,England, M 1692. Although the 'branch. of the family to. which he belonged- lost a 'good partof the inheritance of his kindred, he went to Cambridge" University where his course was marked by ability and suc- cess, and he became a Fellow' of Trin i1y College in 1714. From his fel• lowship he derived an income So long as he remained a bachelor. , He invented a system of shorthand, which he taught for some years in. Londont, ;and which won him distinc- tions amli scientific . men. In 1717 5 e t he gave ig sci s is to the world in a pub- lished treatise entitled "The Univer- sal Shorthand." By an odd turn of the wheel of time,, his -seniors in the family away, he succeeded. to. Y, the inheritance and passed , <the re- mainder of his life in affluence. He had known something of the difficul- ties of a straightened income, for a few years previously: Now however Isle was free to in- dulge his fancy in poeticl composi- tion forwhich he had a decided tal- ent. He translated several hyrnus from the French which 'th other Poems1s were afterwards �lish d in S ' two volumes entitled l., e Poems of John Byrom." iyfr. Byrom was a friend of John and Charles Wesley, and though he never left the church of his fathers, afforded them such hospitality and e R Y help as he 'could" John Wesley was, an admirer of his ;friend's poetry which pleased him by its elegance and scholarship. One or two of his hymns, Wesley inserted in the Iviethodist hymnbook, and it is 'strange that more use has not been made of them by modern compilers of hymnals. One hymn, however, eer no , hymnal could well fail to include in its sel- ection for Christmas Day, that is the one,printed herewith . This is really a • cento, made up of extracts from a poem of some sixty lines, which Mr: Byrom composed and gave as a Christmas 'present to his daughter Dolly, in 17,,50. 'It has re- ceived some alterations in the course of years, but none ofany great con- sequence, and has become one of the most popular of our Christmas hymns. And rightly so for from the first twelve lines to the last verse as coni sung, it is redolent of 'the, praise we owe to God for the glory- of loryof that "happy Morn," the 'glorious foretaste ofthe joy that will be ours on the day when we shall be' called to join with the angels above in ad- oration, before the King of Angels Himself" The Christmas gift Dolly Byrom .received has become an ac- ceptable gift cceptable.gift to all the Enghsli speakEnglish-speak- ing . members of that Holy Catholic Church, representative of the King- dom of Heaven on earth, John' Byrom died in 1763. His poems were published ten years later in 1773" Happily there was in Manchester a capable organist and composer, Jaynes Wainwright by name, who was a personal friend and admirer of John and Dolly Byrom. He it was who composed the tune to which 'Dolly's Chrismas present is always sung. Thursday, January 2nd, 1929 .Elie present Poet Laureate, 1.7r. -1Bridges, himself a notable i hymn- ' m n` wrrtcr is credited with thesaying f rtthG hymn -tune is more import- ant than the hymn itself!" Without going as far as that, we have only to consider the vital con- nection with their tunes of three oth- er best, known Christmas hymns:— "Hark the herald "angels sing," "0 Come all ye Faithful," "While• shep- herds watched their flocks by night," to realize the importance of wedding hymns to proper music 'appropriate to them. No one has ever found fault, or as far as this present writer known, attempted to improve upon. the intimate '-and, fitting connection between Wainwright's music and By- rom's.words, as adopted to the ser vice of God at this blessed season. Fording the American Boundary Twice Longest Suspension. ,grid In World Opened. BOVE and below, the interna• tional boundary between Can- ada and than United States .is being spanned where th,e Detroit River separates Ontario and: Mich- igan. 1,', A1r dy the two-mile Ambassador Bridge is linking the ,people and interests of the two countries- Fol- lowing a dedicatory ceremony on Armistice Day, the spin was thrown ' open for public use, on November 15. Per three years, it will enjoy .-the distinetion;of being the. longest suspension bridge in the world. By 1933,- however, its stretch Of 1.880 feet between the two sky -scraping towers will be forced to take sec- ond place Because' of the longer span 'of the Hudson. River bridge linking uptown New York and Jer- sey. Until the building of the Am- ' bastador m-l",basitador .bd'idge, world distinction ,for the longest suspension span was enjoyed 'by the Philadelphia -Cain- den bridge - over the Delaware ittver,.. is suspended length bahig 1,750 feet. In the Meantime, dredging and excavating are being rushed on the w'indsor-Detroit tunnel, It .is ex- pected that, before another year has painted, : thin International'thorotsAh- fare also can be in tree, • Au example of, the manner �" which this work is being exiiiiditeh is given Iv the record aecoMplitili b Y c14'e i:rucke i t o ii 1 0 y t runt 'vi g 40 ettbio yards of "wet clay from �'; Windeer etitrauce, tilt the diet ' SeloW— urve of tho,1utd eo 1!. n of Am< ba seador B ridget .o en6d betwet n further table tower, visible through the rear. window of the Peed tedant Abbvf -Werk etl Witidect -bbtrelt to inel b b ing speeded slrce opening, Wlncrand betrbllt Ndvemberen1ir, l tneoer.buWn by the lower lava{ 4f the of InternetOlaf brld e; Photo rho ue k,rerovinb clay front lnd or led of t ,0 Weeke. This • record a distanee of three miles each trip: e $ required ,that the With a land of two yards of nye ke ills renti& tripe daily, ' slay/ BELMORE A. Canadian Winter Oh why not live in Canada Where the snow's piled high and deep. To those that can't see the glorious sight They sure have cause to weep: Old Sol peeped out from. behind a cloud, For just five minutes or more When he saw a white sheet covered the land He just closed that big black door. Our girls are wearing overalls To clamber over the banks, And if they go down and you dig them out For you they have some thanks. We stamp and howl about the house Jack Frost has bit our toes, And if we try and keep hint out He plays hovac with our nose. Some like the land of Florida, But "No Sir," no not I,. Oh, give to .me the snowing' breeze And snow banks ten feet high. Now what have we to growl' about With a wood -pile at the door And when its all gone up in smoke We know where to go for more. And if we are shut in fora week • Our friends with a smile we'll greet, 'Especially the man that brings the millr, The man across the street. And the mart that braves the stormy blast To bring us in our mail. The season's greetings to all we send, For they seldom,; ever fail. The "Christmas bells: • ring o'er the land The sleigh. bells answer back, Who' says they won't live in Canada, Much wisdorn do they' 'lack. Rev. Mr. Turnbull will give a lec- ture on Europe, accompanied by lain - tern slides, in .the'Hilion church next Sabbath evening. Those who attended the social ev- ening in the Presbyterian Ma11 Fri- day evening, were highly pleased with the evening's entertainment, 1 hose out of the village for the holiday were: Mr.. and Mrs. Turnbull at Waterloo; Miss' Katherine Foster at her honie at Newbridge; Mary Mc- Neil at Winghanl" Fourteen attended the M. G. meet- ing* at Miss Elizabeth :Hackney's on Wednesday afternoon, The meeting opened in the usual, way with singing and' Prayer. Minutes by Airs, Wm, Mundell. Topic -"Jews in Canada", by Minnie Jeffrey. Roll Call "Christ- mats 'thoughts," Collection: Mr, and Mrs, James Lawrence and family returned front Toronto Satur- day, where Lloyd has been :taking treatment. • 12th LINE HOWICK Mr. Cecil Day was the guest of Mr. Nelson Stettrnol on Saturday.` Mr. and Mrs. Mel. Nay passed through this burg this week, Mr. and Mrs. John Finlay visited with Orange Hill friends. Mrs. William Hays spent Sunday !at the home JA Mr, Underwood. Mr. Baker : spent Xmas with Wi.ng- tiam friends. Messrs. James and Wesley Under- wood made a business trip to Ford- wich. - Mr. William Hayes Friday a ty s spent I z rday with 141r, John Finlay, Y Preserving Fa nily Unity r tirc—r t l:.dogs ,.mind on the U. S . n c S.G. farm. cit • a Courpatticrl by their' parents will be killed", .—Blue Rapids tY) 1 ec. . YY ROXE ER Mrs, :Dobbs and family of Brighton r spent lilt week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Sanderson. Mrs, Pleasance and son of Port El- gin, spent the week -end with her par- ents, Mr, and Mrs" Neil White, Miss Beatrice Howe of Leamington spent Xmas with her sister in town. Miss Beth Sanderson of Markdale spent Xmas under the parental roof, lvliss Ada Gallaher is at irreserlt vis- iting friends in Toronto. Mr; John Harris of Sask., spent 'X.rnas with his sister, Mrs. Archie. McMichael, Mr. Leslie . McLaughlin of Oshawa is at present visiting his mother, in town, Mr. John Davidson and daughter, Mae, left last week for Oshawa where they intend to make . an extended visit. Mr. Kenneth Gibson of Hamilton spent a few days last week with his mother, Mrs. Sarah Gibson, in town" Mrs. Morrison sustained a sprained ankle and some bad bruises when she fell down, stairs last Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold' Edgar and family spent Xmas with Wingham friends; Mrs, Elson, Cardiff of Brussels is staying with her mother, Mrs. Mor- rison, for a few days. Dr. Frank Allen, of Rochester Miss J. Alien, Toronto, and Mr. Mack Al- len, Tilsonburg, spent Christmas with their parents, ` Mr. and Mrs, Geo" Al- len, at the C.F.R. station. The largest shipment of live stock for some time, left the 'Wroxeter stock yards :Saturday morning, when some six carloads e went out; smeo extra fine fat cattle in the shipment. After considerable delay the Hy- dro lights were turned on the new bridge, the skating rink and public shed: The rink was opened for the first time Thursday night. A family re -union of about twenty- five, met at the hoine of Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Sanderson. on Christrnas Day, when a real joyous time was spent. Friends were present from Detroit, Toronto, London, Beeson and Mark- dale. The members of the Ladies' Guild of St. James Church entertained their husbands or a friend, at the home of Mrs. Davey on Monday night, when an evening's entertainment and dainty lunch was enjoyed by all. GORRIE Miss B. Ashton of Seaforth intends spending a month in Gorrie. Miss E. Ferguson is visiting with relatives around Gorrie. 'Airs. 13, Strangway pf Sarnia, is spending a few days with her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Ashton. Mr. and Mrs. S. Dane of Toronto, are spending the holidays at the hone of and Mrs R. G.' Dane. Air. and Mrs. E. Jardine of T•ugas- kee, hope to spend several weeks: at the home of Mr. and 'Mrs, It, Cath- • ers. A' very successful "At Home" was held -in the United Church; school- room Friday evening. A program in keeping with the season was given by the scholars . of the school. Mr, I-iar- yey Sperling acted as chairman. A splendid' spirit prevailed. At this so- cial the pastor reported that awards would, be given fOr 1930, for all. pupil; Who attain„ to . certain standards through the year, Dr, J. Whitfield of Listowel, in- tends being in Gorrie one day a week during the whiter months, and will treat patients at the hoine of Mr. and. Mrs.. Mat Abram, Mr-: E. Pritchard conducted service in the Presbyterian church last Sun- day on account of his brother, Rev. J. A. 1'r itcha.rd meeting With an acci- dent last Saturday, when his tipper lip was badly cut as he was nianiliti lasing a.crnnl 00 a machine, Mr. Jas. hell has been on the sick list for a couple of weeks.' Miss E. Harding tool: a weak turn last Wednesday and is at present cOn- fined to bed, M'rs' 41 Raine is 'in at- tendence. Mr. R. McGrath, an old resident of Gorrie, has 'trot -been 111 good health the pest week, 'Nye are pleased to see Mr. Irving Toner able to be out again after his r'eCetit illness, Rev. .Craik concluded a sories of addresses at the morning service last SSunday,, speaking on "The greatest hope in the world". The text was taken 'from Psalm:107, verse 20: "So He bringcth therm unto their desired ha `n.r' A ' t11 e etrin r service th ' vc, t e v ;, c pastor 5'tol e on the subyect, "Reselu- lions which were made and lcep:;," Some that we may keep for 1.980.t ;Bring the whole family to cliuji,cla next Sunday and mala, a;art for 1930, Subjects ---11 a,m., "The call to 'advance." 7 p.m., 'First sermon in the series on Quiet Talks on vital themes "The tragedy ofsir." Mr" Wm. Hicks has been in the Kitchener hospital suffering frons an attack of pleurisy: : Junior League will be held on Sat- urday afternoon at 3 p:ni, in the Un- lited CJlurch schoolroom, %WE WEALTH OF WOM1TJL Women of tf S. Control: 41 Per Cent. of Nation's Wealth. Believe it or not, the time may not bei far distant when the newspapers will be - publishing their stock tables on the women's pages, says an arti- cle in the Christian Science Monitor. The fact is that the wealth of the United Sates and, to a, comparable extent, of Britain and Canada is vers definitely tending to come under .fem- inine control; and the end is not yet. Last year,, for example, 139 Amer- ican women paid taxes on incomes it excess of $500,000 as against 12.1 then in this category, while 44 wo• men paid taxes on incomes of more then ;1,000,000, as against 42 men. Besides being the beneficiaries of 80 per cenn os the :$95,000;000,000 c1 life insurance in force in the United States and Canada, women to -day comprise the majority of stockhold- ers in numerous of the large cor- porations, including the American Telephone' & Telegraph Company, the United States Steel, and others, and are, according to the researches of Lawrence Stern & Co., actively man- aging their own financial interests. To -day the women of the United Status control more than 41 per cent. of the nation's wealth, while the wo- naen of Great Britain own at least 30' per cent. of the national wealth, and the trend if maintained at the present rate will make them dominant in the financial eentimunity in another de- cade or two. All of this is very interesting, but isn't it largely theoretical, at least as regards what :happens to the money after it has been placed in the family hank account As the Gen- eral Federation., of Women's. Clubs recently observed, nine out of every ten purchases, from the loaf of bread, to the new automobile, have :always been made by women. And if women prove as -expert at handling the na- tional budget as they have at handl- ing the family budget, everything will be all right, i3 not, perhaps, a little better. TRANSCONTINENTAL ROADS. New York to Los Angeles In High Oyer Pike's Peak Route. To drive from New York to Los Angeles over the Pike's Peak Ocean - to -Ocean Highway, about 3,500 miles; and over the Jefferson Highway from Winnipeg to New Orleans, 2,20£ miles, without shifting the gears out of high speed, is now a possibility: notwithstandingmountain rangeetltat have to be negotiated. Moreover, not more than 500 miles of the roadway of the two routes are to -day 'unim- proved, and this mileage is being gradually reduced, "The Pike's Peak Highway, the great central route across the coun- try, is bard surfaced from New York City to Seneza, Ilan., 80 miles west of. St. Joseph," said H. D. Judson. gen- eral ,.manager of the Pike's Peak Highway Association. "Although this highway crosses the two great mountain chains of the country—the Appalachian and Rocky Mountain systems, the grades are so reduced that in the ordinary car it is not ne- cessary to shift from high gear in the entire trip, The Rocky Mountains are crossed by means of the fatuous Ten- nessee Pass." "The Jefferson Highway," said Geo. E. McIninch, president of the association, "will be hard surfaced by the end of this year from Winnipeg to New Orleans — from 'pine to pain°'." This is the great north and south highway of the Mississippi Valley. A LARGE BIRD FARM. island Off Coast of California 1Ias Large. Collection of Birds. The Catalina bird farm is attract- ing wide attention for its collection of more than 400 varieties of birds from all parts of the world. On this seven and a half -acre tract is a Mtge octagonal aviary in which dwell flight and water fowl, including the African crane, demoiselle crane, pea- cocks, silver and golden 'pheasants, the rare Albino ph€rasant, Abyssinian peafowl, 'whistling tree ducks; Man- darin duels, 'Egyptian barred geese, alid 'black and white Australial1 swans Specialrunways; are provided for such special "guests" as the rare Impeyari 'pheasant; the weird • and 1 indifferent eassowary, and golden« headed elle; four giant horded owls, two monkey -taxied owls and others. A big stucco birdhouse is the home of macaws and cockatoos ' of every known variety. Camso Was Generous. Caruso, the great tenor,. was, it is stated by some of the newspaper men in New York, very generous. He used to give them each year he was in that city a sum af,about.'$1,500 an a douoeur. A man in a position such as Caruso tumid easily afford to do this, because in (stew 'York alone ltd got ,a foe of $2,400 for each titno he sang -- and that Was at l .est sixty* times in a season . beside 'being invited to situ liveto six tim x 5 at .�'tlan r^ • gti,, 'City 3" t a honorarium oi` s , v $4,OU0 :a, t37ney so that t is fatxo s fi i cr made ill one season in the `alteri italase elit at. $200,00,0 b ';, $A0,00011 his sr. SALEM •- e Year ti •A Advance - TimesHappy N ea u tit d an ally Y v Times "arid it readers. Holiday visitors --?viz. and Mrs. A. E. Gallaher' with friends in Betinore, Mr. and Mrs. Jolla Gowdy entertain- ed a number of friends on Xmas; Mr, and Id's, Harold Weir and children of Owen Sound, and Misses Hazel and Minnie \Vier of Toronto, with Mr-. and Mrs, I), L. Weir; Mr. and Mrs, Chas. Cathers; Misses iVfiidred and Lila Callers and Miss Eve Mc -- McMichael with Mr. and Mrs: John c McCrecry and family of Molesworth vicinity:' Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Weir and family and Mr. and Mrs. ':Edwin Palmer with Mr, and Mrs. Push of Wroxeter. Miss Aline Fitch of Tor- onto with het -parents, Mr. and Mrs, John Fitch, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Mc- Michael and Mr,, and Mrs. W. A, Ca- thers and children with Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Gathers of the B. Line, How - ick., Miss Olive Willits of Fordwich, with her sister, Mrs. Percy Copeland and other friends. Mr,and Airs. John Fitch entertain- ed a number of friends and neigh- bors last Friday night. GLENANNAN Mr" Robert Muir of Fort William. is spending the Christmas holidays at his hone here. Misses Edna and Nellie Giikinson are holidaying with their parents, Mr. and Mrs Richard Gilkinson. Miss. Annie Campbell of Stratford Normal is home for the Christmas holidays. • Miss Bertha Marshall of Wingham is spending a few days on the line. Miss Mary Haugh of Toronto is spending the vacation with her par- ents. Miss Isabella Metcalfe of Toronto was a Christmas visitor with friends here. Misses Elda and Francis Bennett of Wingham, also Mr. Roy McArthur, of Lion's Head, spent a - couple of days with friends here. • Master Stewart Jeffrey is spending. the holidays at Mr. Alex. Stewart's, in Howick. Next The little boy was in church for the first time. When the choir ap- peered, all in white surplices, he whis- pered hoarsely, "Oh, see Daddy, they - are all going to get their hair cut,"--,• Boston Transcript; DR. C. C. RAMAGE: DENTIST, GORRIE Phone 21 (Stinson residence). Fordwich on Wednesday. 1 to 9 o'clock. .a .F..JO: Phm. B., Opt. D., R. 0. OPTOMETRIST Phone 118 Harriston, Ont. "The Best Equipped Optical Es-. tablishmient in this part o1,.;•,. Ontario".: untortmeweenetesoesematemetsoreasuaxtexemstantrova neer:: late Save Mone On Your Rubbere P T, as 15%o Off Until Januar; 1 55th, on MEN'S, WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S RUB ER, or FOOTWEA This is the s• son for EiI and Oyster. ` We stock 1 Salmon., fresh and sat kJ Smoked leill"ts ati and Fresh Oyste